Waste responsibility lies in the hands of the government; encouraging a throw-away society. The system we use here in the U.S. allows anyone to discard of anything virtually anywhere. The convenience of discarding waste allows us as citizens to disregard any feeling of guilt. By allowing private sectors to control waste there is a higher probability of controlling environmental pollution. Waste management should be more personal for individuals. There is a notion that throwing away gets rid of things, but it’s just displacement: to a trash can, to a dump, to a hole in the earth. The problem lies in not feeling responsibility on a personal level. Each individual discards minimal waste but combined all those individuals become a really big problem. We have to start controlling our consumption waste on an individual level. The public needs to abandon a carefree, guiltless lifestyle to start understanding the problem with waste. By putting waste management on a personal and individual level less resources and energy are wasted. Cradle-to-Cradle Certification allows environmental and economic control to be governed by private businesses and individuals. By focusing on the repercussions it becomes our individual responsibility to instill sensible solutions like upcycling and cradle-to-cradle systems that benefit both the economy and the environment.
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